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and they give you a statistic from my state of connecticut. one out of seven people in my congressional district of south-central connecticut is what they call food insecure. .. you know, the nutrition programs which have to do with the school lunch, school breakfast programs. we -- emergency food assistance program, which is how our food banks, food pantries access supplies that people come and said take advantage of, to take the opportunity to be able to get food to put on the table. now, if you have such a drastic cut you are going to see up to 3 million people who are no longer going to be able to access the food stamp program. you going to see children, and finnstrom and toddlers who are not going to be able to get food in the united states of america, bountiful country. it is immoral. it is, quite frankly, and more. talk more about what happened yesterday, but the farm belt, you contrast what they did. for interest -- for instance, with crop insurance. the federal government picks up roughly 60 percent of the cost for premiums for crop i
and they give you a statistic from my state of connecticut. one out of seven people in my congressional district of south-central connecticut is what they call food insecure. .. you know, the nutrition programs which have to do with the school lunch, school breakfast programs. we -- emergency food assistance program, which is how our food banks, food pantries access supplies that people come and said take advantage of, to take the opportunity to be able to get food to put on the table. now, if...
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color blocking and this status it will not you are not going to reveal too much.you are saving we go to connecticut. >>guest: you will not find this print anywhere we made this print, it is a one-of-a- we do not have many of these. is a great gift for your daughter or your granddaughter. >>guest: >>host: welcome to hsn karen. >>caller: hello lynn murphy and serena williams. i got the black studded s saddlebags. of these bags are superior.price at love your stuff. >>host: i am currently carrying >>guest: i am currently carrying a serena williams bag. >>caller: for the price, you cannot go wrong% bags. 3 >>guest: q. what quality but why should you spend thousands of dollars for the quality printed >>caller: i wish both of you a happy holiday. coming >>caller: this is your final visit for the year. we have a lot of fun things, >>host: new today really popular you will love this print. you can never go wrong #227-054. speaking about3 this is the serena williams colorblock maxi dress $39.90, first time ever at this special sale price, you to kill black, red black, or the honey chocolate we also feature
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president, the distinguished senator -- senior senator from connecticut, senator lieberman, had a speech thank ngly postal staff. i'd ask his speech be placed in the record at the time of the passage of the postal bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and i ask -- excuse me, i'm out of breath here. i ask unanimous consent that following the adoption of the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the senate be in a period of debate only on the bill for the remainder of today's session. that when the senate resumes consideration of the bill on thursday, april 26, it be for debate only until 11:30 a.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i -- the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate adopts the motion to proceed to s. 1925, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 312, s. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the violence against women act of 1994. mr. leahy: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i'm pleased that we're able to move directly to the legislation
president, the distinguished senator -- senior senator from connecticut, senator lieberman, had a speech thank ngly postal staff. i'd ask his speech be placed in the record at the time of the passage of the postal bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and i ask -- excuse me, i'm out of breath here. i ask unanimous consent that following the adoption of the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the senate be in a period of debate only on the bill for the remainder of today's...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i rise today to speak on an issue that is profoundly important and meaningful to this body at this moment in history. we face a critical juncture in the nation's history when we must -- and we absolutely must -- renew the violence against women act and, indeed, strengthen it for the sake of women but also our families around connecticut and this country. i want to thank my colleagues for voting to proceed with consideration of s. 1925, the violence against women reauthorization act. vawa is critically important. it is bipartisan legislation that gives victims of domestic violence and sexual assault access to the services that they so desperately need. this crucial law supports both the organizations that provide these services and the law enforcement agencies that assist the victims as they pursue justice and as a law enforcement official, i saw firsthand in my duties as state attorney general for connecticut how important and practical and meaningful this law is. we have a responsibi
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i rise today to speak on an issue that is profoundly important and meaningful to this body at this moment in history. we face a critical juncture in the nation's history when we must -- and we absolutely must -- renew the violence against women act and, indeed, strengthen it for the sake of women but also our families around connecticut and this country. i want to thank my colleagues for voting to...
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. >> we spoke for a half hour on john larson from connecticut about the economy, federal budget, and pending deadline for raising the debt ceiling. >> host: john larson, democratic connecticut, and the democratic caucus chairman, right in the middle of the democratic caucus policy and strategy and a member of the ways and means committee, tax writing committee in congress. thank you for being here. >> guest: great to be here. >> host: we have headlines this morning. >> guest: sure. >> host: this is the stocks, and "usa today," dow plunges in may. also they report labor market is below us. data suggests tepid out look. the "wall street journal," the new fear gauge, treasury yield, investors embrace other havens to preserve their cash. doesn't sound very good in the economy. >> guest: it's not the use you want to wake up to, and yet, clearly, you would hope that congress would take action on it, that the president had a plan before, and the representatives having the plan taken up again at the state of the union back in january. the president asked to bring the plan forward. he's begin
. >> we spoke for a half hour on john larson from connecticut about the economy, federal budget, and pending deadline for raising the debt ceiling. >> host: john larson, democratic connecticut, and the democratic caucus chairman, right in the middle of the democratic caucus policy and strategy and a member of the ways and means committee, tax writing committee in congress. thank you for being here. >> guest: great to be here. >> host: we have headlines this morning....
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the connecticut, moving to the connecticut and syracuse experience i think the slide said you weren't sure whether the reduction was sustained after the wave finished. do you have any, there is no late data on that whether there's on up tick again after the enforcement wave? >> it is actually mixed. between the first wave and the second wave, the decrease was maintained which was very exciting. between the second and third waves had you ever, it shot back up, the rates went pretty high. and then third to fourth brought them down below where they were at any other point during the evaluation. so what was difference between one and two and two and three? novelty may have been in effect. the extent of the earned media may have differed. i just can't say exactly what it was. >> okay. >> just, your earlier question, connecticut does increase their fines for repeat, repeat offenders. so i don't know if that is helpful. >> we heard that for california as well. thank you very much. >> my question, goes to you all with respect to what i'm hearing. this conversation as far as laws and enforceme
the connecticut, moving to the connecticut and syracuse experience i think the slide said you weren't sure whether the reduction was sustained after the wave finished. do you have any, there is no late data on that whether there's on up tick again after the enforcement wave? >> it is actually mixed. between the first wave and the second wave, the decrease was maintained which was very exciting. between the second and third waves had you ever, it shot back up, the rates went pretty high....
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i thank my friend from connecticut and yield back to him. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to cast their votes? the senate will be in order. any senators wishing to cast their votes? on this the yeas are 52, the nays are 46. three-fifths of the senators duly
i thank my friend from connecticut and yield back to him. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the...
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i'm sure it's happened in connecticut. it's happened in nevada, every place. mr. president, we thought that we had a way of solving that problem. you'll recall -- you voted, i voted, where we thought we should do this to stop the layoffs of firefighters, police officers and teachers and we would pay for it. no more debt. we would pay for it by having .3% surtax on people making more than $1 million a year. the presiding officer will remember that. every republican voted against public employees. every republican. .3% it would have taken to take care of all of that. so i enjoyed my conversation with mr. shineberger. we lament the fact that all these public employs have been laid off -- all these public employees have been laid off and we've got to get back to where we can have the public sector where people can handle. they're so overworked. in nevada we have too few firefighters, too few police officers, teachers have been laid off. that's a shame. mr. president, we've had 30 straight months of private-sector job growth. too bad the numbers aren't more than 4.5 mi
i'm sure it's happened in connecticut. it's happened in nevada, every place. mr. president, we thought that we had a way of solving that problem. you'll recall -- you voted, i voted, where we thought we should do this to stop the layoffs of firefighters, police officers and teachers and we would pay for it. no more debt. we would pay for it by having .3% surtax on people making more than $1 million a year. the presiding officer will remember that. every republican voted against public...
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from connecticut. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i, i firmly support this amendment and just briefly, i know we don't have a lot of time, but i serve in the legislature in the state of connecticut, and we were the first state to pass civil unions legislatively without judicial interaction. and i think ms. stenson actually said it quite eloquently, and it's a debate we've had for many years. i don't think this diminishes or degrades marriage. i certainly agree with that. my parents have been married for over 55 years, and, um, you know, i believe in that institution. but i think that these terms have been comingled for so long that we've lost the difference between civil and religious. and i think that this defines this very clearly, yet does not denigrate or take away from what we truly believe as republicans and what we believe in marriage. >> okay. >> thank you. >> we are not going to be able to entertain all the people that want to speak. we'll ask for a couple other comments, and then i
from connecticut. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i, i firmly support this amendment and just briefly, i know we don't have a lot of time, but i serve in the legislature in the state of connecticut, and we were the first state to pass civil unions legislatively without judicial interaction. and i think ms. stenson actually said it quite eloquently, and it's a debate we've had for many years. i don't think this diminishes or degrades marriage. i certainly agree with that....
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harkin: i yield to my good friend, the senator from connecticut. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i join the distinguished leader of the committee on health, education, labor and welfare in opposing senate joint resolution 36 and to support the national labor relations board rule that would, very simply, modernize the process workers use to decide whether they want to form a union. right from the start, let's be very clear about what is at stake here. it is a rule that the national labor relations board has formulated pursuant to the administrative procedure act set by the congress of the united states after comment that was solicited from all the relevant stakeholders and people who would be affected by it. and they are rules that are long overdue because of the inconsistency and delays that are endemic to the current process. as i travel around the state of connecticut and i hear from people around the country, i
harkin: i yield to my good friend, the senator from connecticut. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i join the distinguished leader of the committee on health, education, labor and welfare in opposing senate joint resolution 36 and to support the national labor relations board rule that would, very simply, modernize the process workers use to decide whether they...
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and certainly the special master during the congressional districts in connecticut, but i'm under categories are not talking about that. but during new york, maryland and georgia and then also it ties the commission and puerto rico and also through the districts and prince george's county maryland recently. i worked at the commission for months and months and then revert to the city council that then treat their own plan. so, bernie crossman has a view that compares and courts and legislatures. the courts get involved at really expedited timeframe so they can't do what he commissioned us. so angela says. the amount of time and i walked in the room we worked with the commission, just the amount of time they spend in california gathering testimony, you know that you should get phd is that they didn't have them already for what they put together for us. so the level of the involvement. now when i'd done hearings for the court, you probably one hearing, maybe two. when we gather testimony and another where he will capture the plan. and for states like new york, the congressional districts had ju
and certainly the special master during the congressional districts in connecticut, but i'm under categories are not talking about that. but during new york, maryland and georgia and then also it ties the commission and puerto rico and also through the districts and prince george's county maryland recently. i worked at the commission for months and months and then revert to the city council that then treat their own plan. so, bernie crossman has a view that compares and courts and legislatures....
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president, you're from the state of connecticut which has a tremendous amount of financial sesophistication and you are wel aware, as a former prosecutor, how important some of these issues are. but it's important to get this right. the bill, again, has come over from the house, rushed over here, has not gone through our banking committee. i would be happy to negotiate with anybody on this floor. i am not, you know, we haded to any particular position on the small business pieces. they're in there, they're good. question take them out and it can just be a banking bill. although we have a lot of support for the increase in the sbic's and the 504 lending, which is very important to the business lending community. but i feel so strongly about getting the deregulation part of this bill correct, i'd take that out if it would help my republican colleagues to negotiate on the other part of the bill. so i see senator levin on the floor. i'm going to turn it over to him now. but, please, i'm -- i'm really pleading with my colleagues, take a look at this house bill, just read some of the details, rea
president, you're from the state of connecticut which has a tremendous amount of financial sesophistication and you are wel aware, as a former prosecutor, how important some of these issues are. but it's important to get this right. the bill, again, has come over from the house, rushed over here, has not gone through our banking committee. i would be happy to negotiate with anybody on this floor. i am not, you know, we haded to any particular position on the small business pieces. they're in...
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he had been from where he lived in connecticut and new york five times over the past several years -- he is from pakistan. is that an issue? not necessarily. but they would be added to the watch lists as a selectee or derogatory intel and they will be made no fly. in terms of generics, it is more -- it is not profiling based on ethnicity or race, but based on behavior patterns. >> so the trip wire would be repeated trips to pakistan, for example. >would it be repeated trips to ireland? quite possibly. we know there have been. -- >> possibly. we know there have been. the whole risk-based german intelligence is just like that -- risk-based driven intelligence is just like that. is this summit we should be focused on based on travel patterns or history or something like that? -- is this someone we should be focused on based on travel patterns or history or something like that? we are clearly a beneficiary of the law-enforcement community and the homeland security infrastructure. we are a hybrid agency. we have some law enforcement and federal air marshalls. we are a hybrid because we are
he had been from where he lived in connecticut and new york five times over the past several years -- he is from pakistan. is that an issue? not necessarily. but they would be added to the watch lists as a selectee or derogatory intel and they will be made no fly. in terms of generics, it is more -- it is not profiling based on ethnicity or race, but based on behavior patterns. >> so the trip wire would be repeated trips to pakistan, for example. >would it be repeated trips to ireland?...
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for example, the 10% reduction by aetna in connecticut. this was an incredibly important step because we know premiums were going up way too fast, a lot faster than those families' income. this is just one way that the health care law is already changing the culture of care in our country. one of the other things that the law did was move toward rewarding quality of care, not quantity of care. specifically directed medicare to start paying doctors based on the value of the care they provide, not the volume. this is a provision that i and senator klobuchar and several other of our colleagues championed called the value index. because when minnesota doctors get paid less for providing higher quality care, everyone loses. minnesota loses because minnesota reimburses 50% less per medicare patient on average in minnesota than for each patient on average in texas. so minnesota actually gets punished, gets punished for being number one. it gets punished for higher quality care with lower reimbursements. patients in texas lose because they're not
for example, the 10% reduction by aetna in connecticut. this was an incredibly important step because we know premiums were going up way too fast, a lot faster than those families' income. this is just one way that the health care law is already changing the culture of care in our country. one of the other things that the law did was move toward rewarding quality of care, not quantity of care. specifically directed medicare to start paying doctors based on the value of the care they provide,...
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host: susan, connecticut. caller: hi, mr. gerard. i have relatives in montana who had emphysema and as much from the refining techniques you do there, and i would suggest that you read "resource wars" because it will explain that your state- of-the-art technology might have good intentions, but you can not possibly have more accidents because the oil you're trying to get is much more difficult to reach, so actually with all of this drilling the price will go up. the governor said we of new techniques that will get us gas, and that will be fracturing in new york state, which will disturb our water, almost precious resource that we will have a resource war, sir. thank you. guest: i appreciate your comments, but i strongly disagree. if you look at history, a lot of what you have said is not accurate. the comment about hydraulic fracturing -- there has been no confirmed case of contamination of groundwater as a result of hydraulic fracturing, yet if you read public press you will see startling headlines that suggest otherwise. the modern
host: susan, connecticut. caller: hi, mr. gerard. i have relatives in montana who had emphysema and as much from the refining techniques you do there, and i would suggest that you read "resource wars" because it will explain that your state- of-the-art technology might have good intentions, but you can not possibly have more accidents because the oil you're trying to get is much more difficult to reach, so actually with all of this drilling the price will go up. the governor said we...
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rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 476. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 476, s. 3457, a bill to require the secretary of veterans affairs to establish a veterans job corps, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, the first hour will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. the majority will control the first half. republicans the final half. at 11:00 this morning there will be a moment of silence here in the senate in observance of the 11th anniversary of the attacks on september 11. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings that will occur today. at 2:15 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to s. 3457, the veterans job corps act. mr. presiden i am told there are three bills at t
rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 476. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 476, s. 3457, a bill to require the secretary of veterans affairs to establish a...
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i like being able to anonymously go on connecticut avenue north of the white house. she's had everybody there thinks i'm another little old lady who works in the mansion. meeting everybody thinks i'm a housekeeper. and in fact, she's the first lady's mom. and you know, what i found in my reporting is no way she has to do that because she is malia and slashes ticket to freedom. their parents can't take them to get a cupcake and georgetown after school or whatever. and she's the person who can do that. >> i should say that's closed. she's going to have to go and spend $14 on a share. while were on the subject, one of the themes running through especially michelle obama story is luxury. so there's a question about whether she should appear in the , conqueror of go where she is in a soup kitchen and she's handing out things and she's wearing $500 sneakers from france. who buys $500 sneakers? what is that about? does she have a definition genuine face where luxury? >> she says a couple of things. and know, what she said to neighbors in chicago when her husband is starting
i like being able to anonymously go on connecticut avenue north of the white house. she's had everybody there thinks i'm another little old lady who works in the mansion. meeting everybody thinks i'm a housekeeper. and in fact, she's the first lady's mom. and you know, what i found in my reporting is no way she has to do that because she is malia and slashes ticket to freedom. their parents can't take them to get a cupcake and georgetown after school or whatever. and she's the person who can do...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: madam president, it's an honor to join in this colloquy with my friend from arizona, though i, obviously, take no pleasure in it because it's a -- it's an outcry, a kri de corps, a cry of the out about the slaughter going on in syria now, once again with the government killing its own people to maintain its own presence in power. and it's an outcry because essentially now for more than a year, the rest of the world, including the united states, has offered these victims of the brutal violence of the bashir al assad regime in da msk us -- in damascus, essentially words, words of condemnation, words of sympathy. but those words or the few cell phones we've given them, those syrian freedom fighters, don't -- don't stand up against assad's tanks, his -- his guns, the brutality of his forces. and so i'd say the answer to the question that my friend from arizona posed -- how many more people have to be killed? -- obviously, too many people have already been killed. it's time for
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: madam president, it's an honor to join in this colloquy with my friend from arizona, though i, obviously, take no pleasure in it because it's a -- it's an outcry, a kri de corps, a cry of the out about the slaughter going on in syria now, once again with the government killing its own people to maintain its own presence in power. and it's an outcry because essentially now for more than a year, the rest of the world, including...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i rise today on an issue that concerns -- the presiding officer: the senator is notified we're in a quorum call. mr. blumenthal: i ask that the quorum call be lifted and i ask that this be as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. speaker. privacy is a fundamentally and almost a uniquely american value. it is the reason the colonies rebelled, one of the major reasons they rebelled against the british. the invasion of our homes by british soldiers without court approval, the lodging of those soldiers in our homes without permission, the invasion of the fundamental rights of privacy were one of the basic reasons that this nation sought independence from the british. and so throughout our history, privacy has been a value, a fundamental right, affirmed again and again in our courts, enshrined in our constitution, ingrained in our way of life. that is a reason that so many of us were offended and regarded as
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i rise today on an issue that concerns -- the presiding officer: the senator is notified we're in a quorum call. mr. blumenthal: i ask that the quorum call be lifted and i ask that this be as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. speaker. privacy is a fundamentally and almost a uniquely american value. it is the...
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>> tom phillips from capital workforce partners in hartford, connecticut. madam secretary, i'm just wondering this initiative you mentioned with the president, could this become something larger that could be potentially a year-round effort because, you know, we talk a lot about summer youth employment but we also know that we'd like to have these kids engaged in the year. if there's an employer who's willing to extend that experience beyond the three months or whatever it takes, absolutely. that's the whole point here to make sure that people have an experience that's valuable. that can grow. one thing i want to change subject on very quickly that i think is very important for you to understand is that we're also rolling out initiatives for our veterans. there are a lot of young men and women who fall in the summer youth category but more importantly, we are revamping our own services. we've created this gold standard initiative where basically any returning veteran from our two wars, iraq and afghanistan, can notify our workforce investment board, go onli
>> tom phillips from capital workforce partners in hartford, connecticut. madam secretary, i'm just wondering this initiative you mentioned with the president, could this become something larger that could be potentially a year-round effort because, you know, we talk a lot about summer youth employment but we also know that we'd like to have these kids engaged in the year. if there's an employer who's willing to extend that experience beyond the three months or whatever it takes,...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i hope that many of my colleagues in returning to their home states for the august recess may have an opportunity to attend a citizenship ceremony. i do so regularly when i go home during the -- the july fourth break. i had the wonderful opportunity to attend several. these ceremonies can occur in courthouses or in town halls involving newly made citizens. they swear the oath and they are accompanied by families friends. it is a uniquely joyous and proud day in their lives. many have waited years to become united states citizens, and they do so not only willingly but joyfully. and there are tears in many of their eyes and there are tears in my eyes as well because it recalls for me the day many, many years ago, decades ago, when i first attended such a ceremony which in turn recalls for me the stories of my own relatives who came to this country from other shores,
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i hope that many of my colleagues in returning to their home states for the august recess may have an opportunity to attend a citizenship ceremony. i do so regularly when i go home during the -- the july fourth break. i had the wonderful opportunity to attend several. these...
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i'm sure it's about the same in connecticut. although the wage gap has narrowed in the last half century since congress declared women entitled to equal pay for equal work, jeopardizedder discrimination. that's why democrats overcame republican obstructionist to pass the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. the second thing we did in that congress. why did we do it? lilly led getter -- lilly ledbetter had worked for years and years, she finds out one day that they're being paid a lot more money than she is goring to the same thing and she went to court. the court said the statute of limitations has run. the presiding officer is one of our most gifted lawyers we have in the senate. longtime attorney general of the state of connecticut. understands the law very well. that case was so unfair, lilly bed letter -- lilly ledbetter, she didn't bring her case, she didn't know she was being cheated but they had a certain, she was out of luck. so that's what we did. we passed the lilly ledbetter legislation. lilly he ledbetter fair pay act. i've
i'm sure it's about the same in connecticut. although the wage gap has narrowed in the last half century since congress declared women entitled to equal pay for equal work, jeopardizedder discrimination. that's why democrats overcame republican obstructionist to pass the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. the second thing we did in that congress. why did we do it? lilly led getter -- lilly ledbetter had worked for years and years, she finds out one day that they're being paid a lot more money than...
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as attorney general in the state of connecticut and as unions senator. as i did and sat across the table from a victim of domestic violence. this poor woman with two black eyes crying her heart out saying i just had to get out of that house. go to a domestic violence center in little village or in pillson in the city of chicago where immigrant women come in holding their children close by for fear that that drunken husband is going to take another swing at them or at her. and tell me that we couldn't agree, democrats and republicans, to put the resources together to protect those people. well, we passed it over here. passed it in the senate. bipartisan vote. and it died in the house of representatives. same thing happened on important legislation like transportation. that used to be the easiest bill to pass. who in the world elected to the house and senate does not want to see better highways and bridges and runways and ports across america? we know it's key to our economic development. and we passed it on a bipartisan basis. what happened? it died in th
as attorney general in the state of connecticut and as unions senator. as i did and sat across the table from a victim of domestic violence. this poor woman with two black eyes crying her heart out saying i just had to get out of that house. go to a domestic violence center in little village or in pillson in the city of chicago where immigrant women come in holding their children close by for fear that that drunken husband is going to take another swing at them or at her. and tell me that we...
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he's past chairman of the united way of southeastern connecticut where he helped raise $9.3 million during a fund-raising campaign. he has a masters degree in finance from marshall university and a master some i use be in pennsylvania. dominion has been very active in our challenges that we have given the business community for support of the food banks, and dan has helped to lead, outlay that ever. also a personal know. the sector is that there but off a no child hungry campaign in virginia last year, part of share our strength effort in virginia. it was a tremendous kick off with the guests were mcdonnell, vilsack and jeff bridges. we are not the source of the press conference i might add. but he was terrific. and a great kickoff of course in virginia and i appreciate the ongoing support in this area. so i present to you dan weekley. >> julie, i think we will take you first. and if you don't mind, we will take your presentation and then dan, yours and they will opened up for questions or comments. >> thank you, governor beebe, for your kind introduction and your leadership on this issue.
he's past chairman of the united way of southeastern connecticut where he helped raise $9.3 million during a fund-raising campaign. he has a masters degree in finance from marshall university and a master some i use be in pennsylvania. dominion has been very active in our challenges that we have given the business community for support of the food banks, and dan has helped to lead, outlay that ever. also a personal know. the sector is that there but off a no child hungry campaign in virginia...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. i would like to ask unanimous consent that a presidential management fellow on detail to our committee be granted privileges of the floor for the duration of the debate on s. 2038. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lieberman: i would like to begin debate and i do so with gratitude that both the distinguished ranking member, senator collins, is here and senator brown of massachusetts, whose original legislation along with senator gillibrand's, forms the basis of this proposal that comes out of our committee. mr. president, i am going to go back to the beginning to president washington whose farewell address seems to take more relevance as time goes by, though it's obviously more than 200 years old now. washington said in that farewell address that i quote, "that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government and that we cannot look with indifference at anything that shakes the foundation or," if i -- well, continuing his metaphor, "dries the spring." i think
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. i would like to ask unanimous consent that a presidential management fellow on detail to our committee be granted privileges of the floor for the duration of the debate on s. 2038. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lieberman: i would like to begin debate and i do so with gratitude that both the distinguished ranking member, senator collins, is here and senator brown of massachusetts, whose...
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rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. today. following that morning business, the senate will begin consideration of the conference report on the f.a.a. reauthorization act. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on adoption of that conference report. mr. president, s. 2064 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2064, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to further proceedings with this bill. at this time. the presiding officer: the objection having been heard, the matter will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, tod
rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. today. following that morning business, the senate will begin consideration of the conference report on the f.a.a....
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she earned a bachelor's degree in political science from southern connecticut devotee and a master's degree in religious studies with a concentration in religion, ethics and public policy from howard university. she's also an instructor at the calvary bible the institute where she teaches a course on faith and politics. next we have cindy smalls the national voter protection manager for the afl-cio working in the political department overseeing the 2012 my vote my right voter protection campaign. prior to coming to the afl-ci she worked from 2007 to 2012 in various capacities as the men of planted area political director senior legislative that ticket and coordinating manager oversees in the retiree program. she served as a director for us off carolina democratic party and provide technical assistance to the candidates for council mayor and school board and has a ba in political science from the university of south carolina. marcus mason is a partner at the madison group. he is responsible for managing the firm's transportation energy tax homeland security portfolio. the complex inte
she earned a bachelor's degree in political science from southern connecticut devotee and a master's degree in religious studies with a concentration in religion, ethics and public policy from howard university. she's also an instructor at the calvary bible the institute where she teaches a course on faith and politics. next we have cindy smalls the national voter protection manager for the afl-cio working in the political department overseeing the 2012 my vote my right voter protection...
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in connecticut, she was ahead in the polls this summer. trailing in the last couple. i think that is a very tough race. the great state of indiana may also be going to a shakeup because of comments made. >> people might have missed that. >> okay, and the other thing about this, if someone gets pregnant during a rape, that might be god's will. not a comment that was well received. >> it was by a republican senate candidate in indiana. who is ahead by were six points in the polls. >> yes, it was a horrible thing. but god let that happen. that is the thing that christians believe. that it's god's will and it's a horrible thing, but that is sometimes something that happens. bad things happen. somehow god wants people to be raped -- a complete mischaracterization of that comment. >> is a fair clarification. it is also a politically fueled common. >> i understand that. and as he tells us, in the middle of the debate were you don't say exactly how you say what you say -- i know it is real. but it seems to be, in my opinion, favored on one side or the other. >> one other comm
in connecticut, she was ahead in the polls this summer. trailing in the last couple. i think that is a very tough race. the great state of indiana may also be going to a shakeup because of comments made. >> people might have missed that. >> okay, and the other thing about this, if someone gets pregnant during a rape, that might be god's will. not a comment that was well received. >> it was by a republican senate candidate in indiana. who is ahead by were six points in the...
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danbury connecticut, keith republican line. how are you? >> caller: very good. i will not be watching the debate tomorrow night. i have seen enough of the show they put on and it's not real, the questions are phased and the moderators are chosen by the candidates, the questions are preselected. only certain people speak to [inaudible] they agree on everything, they will disagree on a couple things to make some headlines in tomorrow's news programs but other than that, you have to of the same guys on the same stage and a choreographed event, was in those other things on choreographed tv that would be more entertaining what the gop forced down everybody's croats that nobody wanted the last time, nobody wants this time but they are going to continue to beat the drum and say that this is their guy and force them down america's wrote. i think that you will see after tomorrow obama's numbers will probably get even stronger. it's a shame they did this to us but if we had a strong candidate like ron paul obama wouldn't be able to stand on the stage with him. >> host: it
danbury connecticut, keith republican line. how are you? >> caller: very good. i will not be watching the debate tomorrow night. i have seen enough of the show they put on and it's not real, the questions are phased and the moderators are chosen by the candidates, the questions are preselected. only certain people speak to [inaudible] they agree on everything, they will disagree on a couple things to make some headlines in tomorrow's news programs but other than that, you have to of the...
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strong and tall, senator kennedy and dodd, and i'm honored to follow senator dodd as the senator from connecticut whose citizens, 270,000 of them, will benefit tomorrow. they will see 24 new day and new dawn, and that's a great day for america because it combines equality and quality. it saves lives, and it also saves dollars and may be impush yows to the life saving effects of this measure. let's talk about dollars, prevention and detection save resources and expenses and they will drive down costs as we must do in our health care delivery system. we're talking here about diabetes screening, cancer screening, basic health screenings that means protecting and stopping disease before its cost spiral astrono , ma'amically out of -- as no , -- out of control. when a mom and sister is sick, the entire family suffers. it is a great day for our health care deliverly system and i think it is a historic day for meek -- america because we are saying here today we will not retreat. we will not repeal. we will not reject a step in the right direction showing washington can get things done. we can break this
strong and tall, senator kennedy and dodd, and i'm honored to follow senator dodd as the senator from connecticut whose citizens, 270,000 of them, will benefit tomorrow. they will see 24 new day and new dawn, and that's a great day for america because it combines equality and quality. it saves lives, and it also saves dollars and may be impush yows to the life saving effects of this measure. let's talk about dollars, prevention and detection save resources and expenses and they will drive down...
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maybe it does and conversely in connecticut with linda mcmahon, you know my read early on was she spent $70 million in the best republican year since 1994 and loses badly. i didn't think she was going to have much of a chance. she is now running ahead. she is a better candidate and has run a better campaign. she has god a democratic opponent who has turned out to be far more problematic and has some issues that a lot of those were not familiar with before and then finally i think women voters in this state that held the wrestling thing against linda mcmahon so much last year, they have kind of seemed to have moved beyond it. it seems like it's kind of old news and less relevant than it was. so she is running, mcmahon is running very well and arguably is ahead. go figure but the tea party thing is just sort of not something that is on the top of my mind this year. it doesn't sound like it is so much on yours. >> let's go to the side of the room. >> bill with stuart and stuart. i wanted to ask you about the 2004 knowledge he. you really haven't honed in on this because basic and we are he
maybe it does and conversely in connecticut with linda mcmahon, you know my read early on was she spent $70 million in the best republican year since 1994 and loses badly. i didn't think she was going to have much of a chance. she is now running ahead. she is a better candidate and has run a better campaign. she has god a democratic opponent who has turned out to be far more problematic and has some issues that a lot of those were not familiar with before and then finally i think women voters...
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what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the president's on the campaign trail promising to fix it. let's talk about his fix. first, it is the political season, and so students as well as senators and all of us need to listen very carefully when someone begins to stir the crowd about a popular issue and surely being able to pay for college is a popular issue. we hope that all american students who want to go to a higher education will be able to go, will be able to afford to go. and our federal government goes to great efforts to make that possible. half of the students who go to colleges and universities in america, and there are 6,000 of them o
what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you. i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you mr. president. first let me thank my distinguished colleague from michigan for her extraordinary leadership on a milestone bill and i am so proud to be supporting this bill and to be in this chamber speaking with her on issues that really affect every american, not just those who may have farmers or may be recognized as farm states, but the kind of leadership that has just been heard i think is a model for all of us and i thank her. i want to talk today about two issues that directly affect the health and safety of americans of all ages but particularly our seniors and begin by associating myself with the remarks made earlier by senators whitehouse and boxer with respect to senate resolution 37. i strongly oppose efforts underway to roll back clean air act provisions that are critical to health and safety and well-being of every man woman and child in this country.
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you. i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you mr. president. first let me thank my distinguished colleague from michigan for her extraordinary leadership on a milestone bill and i am so proud to be supporting this bill and to be in this chamber speaking with her on issues that really affect every american, not just those who...
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naval submarine base in connecticut which is a major submarine base in the u.s.. in that laboratory, he grew interested in pursuing the questions and that he had found fascinating in his early naval career around diving which was that conventional by evening was that most diverse had to be relatively shallow and they would last a matter of minutes, not hours or days or weeks, and bond got this idea that the time had come much as humankind was starting to launch people into space and push the boundaries of flight the same thing should be happening under water and we should be able to dive deeper and stay longer, and why has that not happened? let me explain on page 16 here. so, he's in the navy running the medical research lab and he's starting to circulate these ideas that the conventional diving seems rather outdated. we ought to be able to do better than this. that a driver might be able to stay on indefinitely and even live on the seabed in some kind of shelter like an underwater version of the space station. this is what he was thinking that he was thinking ah
naval submarine base in connecticut which is a major submarine base in the u.s.. in that laboratory, he grew interested in pursuing the questions and that he had found fascinating in his early naval career around diving which was that conventional by evening was that most diverse had to be relatively shallow and they would last a matter of minutes, not hours or days or weeks, and bond got this idea that the time had come much as humankind was starting to launch people into space and push the...
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i was on the floor earlier this week paying tribute to the lost lives in connecticut and two police officers killed in the line of duty in topeka, kansas, this week and the death of our colleague; certainly serious issues we face. now waiting the house to pass legislation in regard to the cliff. this is perhaps a lighter subject. i want to pay tribute to something that's such a great tradition in our state of kansas and really across the country. football is something that is important to communities across my state. on friday nights each fall of each year thousands of americans, they gather at their local high school football fields to cheer on their favorite teams. this tradition has stood strong for decades on the kansas prairie, but it's especially true in a little town not too far from my hometown, in the town of smith center. there are few, if any, high school football fans in our state who are unaware of smith center's reputation. coach roger barda and his red men football team have won more than 320 games and eight state championships, five in a row. they are even known here in washi
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i'm currently the special master during the congressional districts in connecticut but i'm under a gag order so i'm not talking about that. i join in new york, maryland and georgia and then also advise the commission in puerto rico and then also drew the districts in prince georges county, maryland, recently. it's interesting there, i worked for the commission for months and months and months and i worked with the city council that then drew their own plan. bernie has a piece that compares commissions and courts and legislatures the courts get involved on a really expedited time frame so they can't do what our commission does. and angela is here and the amount of time and connor mcdonald was here. just the amount of time they spent in california gathering testimony. i mean, you know, they each should get ph.d.s if they didn't have them already for what they had to put together on this. and the level of involvement. now, when i've done hearings as for the court, you probably have one hearing maybe two where you gather testimony and another where you will enact your plan and for states l
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it's in the letter jefferson road after the cheese to the baptists of connecticut. it doesn't say what they said. i think it's important to understand that our founders were men with a few women, ladies you were not quite voting yet but they were involved in the movement and were declared independent and thought you guys we can debate that leader but we declared independent. these men and women were of faith. people of christian faith. you can go to the direct sources and historians. daniel who was a former librarian of congress and a very famous american historian said this about the colony of virginia. the colony of virginia, my home state, i was actually born here in george washington university and was a virginian, not a washingtonian. they declared independence two months before american debt on may 15th, 1776. they called the convention in williamsburg and declared their independence. there were 100 delegates in that convention. 97 were elders in their church. 97 were elders in their church out of 100. "it is hard to name a leader in virginia of the revolution
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connecticut, democrats line. >> caller: hi. i first of all want to make three points. i think listening to ryan's speech representative ryan's speech, he mischaracterized obama's record which i guess is not unusual in an election cycle, but they continue to say he's not supportive of israel, that he had tax increases, that he panders to extreme elements, somehow he threatens our freedom and is class warfare. i just think that's ridiculous mischaracterization of the president. secondly, relative to stimulus, i remember four years ago when we had minus 9% growth. i was very fearful that the whole financial system would collapse and i think stimulus later part in pulling this country out of the potential depression. ryan also speaks often about the government and getting to be. but let me tell you, when you're in the midst of a depression on your depression unique government to help some of those people that really need help in losing their jobs and are difficult times. i think government had think government had the role. he want to keep as small as possible but it sort
connecticut, democrats line. >> caller: hi. i first of all want to make three points. i think listening to ryan's speech representative ryan's speech, he mischaracterized obama's record which i guess is not unusual in an election cycle, but they continue to say he's not supportive of israel, that he had tax increases, that he panders to extreme elements, somehow he threatens our freedom and is class warfare. i just think that's ridiculous mischaracterization of the president. secondly,...
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basis and may be some of the best part is this as well, so that we can perhaps use them as models in connecticut and elsewhere around the country. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much, senator whitehouse for holding this hearing. thank you, mr. tucker for being here. what a great event to celebrate the work of drug courts and a note in number of republican senators they are and i think aj shows bipartisan bipartisan support for moving forward with drug courts. it's in my former congressman out there, jim branstad, former congressman for the state of minnesota, republican and i know patrick kennedy was splashed on the front page of the paper, with his addiction problem, as jim branstad, to stand by his side. i think it shows that his mentor and his friend throughout his experience and throughout his experience in getting sober and going on to get married this last month. it shows again this is in a democratic problem or republican could solve our problems and the numbers are astounding 75% of graduates will not be arrested again. some of the people who grow in this state. i was a prosecut
basis and may be some of the best part is this as well, so that we can perhaps use them as models in connecticut and elsewhere around the country. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much, senator whitehouse for holding this hearing. thank you, mr. tucker for being here. what a great event to celebrate the work of drug courts and a note in number of republican senators they are and i think aj shows bipartisan bipartisan support for moving forward with drug courts. it's in my...
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steve is on the phone from connecticut independent line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for letting me have my say, fellas. i'm not impressed with u.s. intelligence in syria. especially the al qaeda coming across the border from iraq. what's the story with them? and my other part is, why can't we set up a no-fly zone. we have the bombs. the is the assad guy is a bad guy. >> host: thanks. well get a response. >> guest: those are two good questions. on the intelligence thing i would say there's a difference between what you know and what you can do. actually the u.s. probably has more assets on the ground than we know about. and yes, they know there's al qaeda coming across the border. but they can't do anything about that. and so all they can do ised a this point try distinguish between the folks the u.s. wants to back and the folks the u.s. doesn't want to back. a large part of the intelligence world in the syria right now is help direct the flow of weapons that are coming into syria as well as nonlethal equipment for example telecommunications equipment. that's w
steve is on the phone from connecticut independent line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for letting me have my say, fellas. i'm not impressed with u.s. intelligence in syria. especially the al qaeda coming across the border from iraq. what's the story with them? and my other part is, why can't we set up a no-fly zone. we have the bombs. the is the assad guy is a bad guy. >> host: thanks. well get a response. >> guest: those are two good questions. on the...
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another option is you can relax public employees, which is what they're talking about in illinois and connecticut talked about this year, which is what other states talked about. i thought that doesn't make a lot of sense. i don't want any massive numbers in the public or private area. the third option is you can cut coursers is like medicaid. and our state come a lot of people would be surprised, i actually added $1.2 billion to nine medicaid program in wisconsin, one of the largest increases in the country because i thought the growing needs of seniors, needy families in my state come although i did put an reforms so it wasn't a permanent entitlement, but a way of providing a safety net, one of the largest per capita, so i visited make a choice of cutting that either. and a fourth option is you can use the citrix. my state have been done previous times in the past and was part of the reason why we have such a large deficit to begin with. we look back and restored some of those -- we stopped the raid on the patient compensation and repay the state of minnesota to tax reciprocity payments so they
another option is you can relax public employees, which is what they're talking about in illinois and connecticut talked about this year, which is what other states talked about. i thought that doesn't make a lot of sense. i don't want any massive numbers in the public or private area. the third option is you can cut coursers is like medicaid. and our state come a lot of people would be surprised, i actually added $1.2 billion to nine medicaid program in wisconsin, one of the largest increases...
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rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 410, s. 3 220. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar 410, s. 3220, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we're on the motion to proceed to paycheck fairness act. following my remarks and those of the republican leader the time until 12:30 will be a equally divided, the majority will control the first 30 minutes and the republicans will control the second 30 minutes. the senate will recess from 12:30 and i ask, mr. president, unanimous consent that the clerk, on the motion to proceed to s. 3220 at 2:30, rather than 2:15 with the time from 2:15 until 2:30 to be equally divided between the two leaders with the majority controlling th
rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 410, s. 3 220. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar 410, s. 3220, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 and so forth and for other purposes....
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quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank my friend who is the occupy pant of the chair. -- occupant of the chair. i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings of the under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lieberman: i yield back all time on this side. a senator: i yield back all time on this side. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the question is on the nomination. a senator: ask the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes have 92, the nays 1. confirmation is confirmed. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the chairman. the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that not withstanding -- the presiding officer: order in the senate, please. order in the senate. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that not w
quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank my friend who is the occupy pant of the chair. -- occupant of the chair. i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings of the under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lieberman: i yield back all time on this side. a senator: i yield back all time on this side. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the question is on the nomination. a senator: ask the...
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maine, connecticut, new jersey, pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, illinois, michigan, you know, all these -- indiana, west virginia i mentioned. each and every one of those 11 states, even and every one of them has declined as a share of the u.s. economy. >> art, let me ask you, though -- >> some of them by a lot. >> but you think there is a farmer a and a farmer b, but a farmer b is black, are there some built-in disadvantages that you -- how can an economist -- >> let me tell you what i do. >> how can an economist factor that stuff into your model? >> oh, you can, and you can isolate for different effects, there are statistical ways of doing that. let me tell you what i did propose many, many years ago. i was at the university of chicago, and i was a young faculty member there. the first thing you notice when you're on the south side of chicago, you're not a majority anymore. and you notice all the black ladies going up to the suburbs in the morning on the trains and all the white men coming down and getting off. you quickly see a problem. i wrote something called enterprise zones. this
maine, connecticut, new jersey, pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, illinois, michigan, you know, all these -- indiana, west virginia i mentioned. each and every one of those 11 states, even and every one of them has declined as a share of the u.s. economy. >> art, let me ask you, though -- >> some of them by a lot. >> but you think there is a farmer a and a farmer b, but a farmer b is black, are there some built-in disadvantages that you -- how can an economist -- >> let me...
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rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 250, s. 1940. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 250, s. 1940, a bill to amend the national flood insurance act of 1968 and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? following my remarks and those of the republican leader, there will be two hours equally divided and controlled with the with the majority controlling the first half, the republicans controlling the final half. i ask consent now that senator kerry be recognized for the hour that we have allotted to us. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: that will be a full hour to senator kerry and are a full hour to the republicans. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for the weekly caucus mee
rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 250, s. 1940. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 250, s. 1940, a bill to amend the national flood insurance act of 1968...
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connecticut, florida, missouri, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia and wisconsin. so i think with a strong romney run there is the possibilities of republicans winning majority in the senate are not dismal, but they depend on running some of those seven races and turning those under 50% democrats into losers. >> i had a couple of comments as well. one is i have more respect these days for stu spencer iran's romney iran's romney's campaign than i did before, as he went through a whole season of not saying anything about romney and letting him be defined elsewhere. but if you look at the pivot romney has now made, watching the third debate and as romney endorsed the international criminal court, i was waiting for the explosion from the 11th floor here as john to death, one. [laughter] but there was nothing. the fact is he managed to get conservatives in the in his camp that he could make a pivot endorsing most of obama's foreign policy. and doing things like that without losing the base which is really quite striking, and what he can continue that move is going to be
connecticut, florida, missouri, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia and wisconsin. so i think with a strong romney run there is the possibilities of republicans winning majority in the senate are not dismal, but they depend on running some of those seven races and turning those under 50% democrats into losers. >> i had a couple of comments as well. one is i have more respect these days for stu spencer iran's romney iran's romney's campaign than i did before, as he went through a whole season of...
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democratic -- independent democratic chairmen of the jurisdictional committee, senator joe lieberman of connecticut, and the republican ranking member, senator susan collins of maine, both voted to move to this measure. i felt good about the fact that they were working together, along with tom carper of delaware and others in a bipartisan effort to make this post office what we need it to be. i have confidence in senatos lieberman and collins because they have done some historic work in the past when it came to reforming our intelligence agencies after 9/11, of two of them did it. and i credit them many times publicly for their bipartisan cooperation. here we have another chance. we're -- we were going to bring the postal service bill to the floor and we failed to get 60 votes, couldn't get those on the other side of the aisle to even engage in the debate on postal service reform. now we're going to be gone for two weeks. when we return it will be closer to may 15 and more challenging to get anything done. those two disappointments that we couldn't cease $4 billion in savings on the deficit, that w
democratic -- independent democratic chairmen of the jurisdictional committee, senator joe lieberman of connecticut, and the republican ranking member, senator susan collins of maine, both voted to move to this measure. i felt good about the fact that they were working together, along with tom carper of delaware and others in a bipartisan effort to make this post office what we need it to be. i have confidence in senatos lieberman and collins because they have done some historic work in the...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank chair. mr. president, i rise to urge our colleagues to vote for cloture to proceed to the postal service bill. and i'd just speak very briefly. this is a great american institution, right there from the founding of our country. in fact, in the constitution to provide post offices. and it is an institution that is today in trouble. last year, it lost almost $10 billion. why? part of it is the economic recession, but the real explanation is that mail volume has dropped 21% in the last five years, and mostly that's because people are using the internet and email instead of traditional mail. and yet the postal service not only itself provides a great service, but it facilitates investigators -- various sectors of our economy that employ seven million people, mailers, mail order catalogues, and the like. our committee when confronted with this crisis and the statement from the postmaster general don ahoe if nothing was done, we have to begin curtailing operations sometime this year because we essenti
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank chair. mr. president, i rise to urge our colleagues to vote for cloture to proceed to the postal service bill. and i'd just speak very briefly. this is a great american institution, right there from the founding of our country. in fact, in the constitution to provide post offices. and it is an institution that is today in trouble. last year, it lost almost $10 billion. why? part of it is the economic recession, but the...
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hoeven: i would like to thank the good senator from connecticut. i'm here to speak but certainly want to accommodate schedules. mr. lieberman: no, we would, in the order of the senate and fairness, we would yield to my friend from north dakota. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i rise to speak as if in morning business on the subject of energy rather than cyber. i want to commend my colleagues for their excellent work on cyber and i look forward to working with them and i thank them for the incredible amount of work and diligence they're putting into this extremely important effort. i rise this morning to speak on the incredible importance of energy security for our country. last week i introduced the domestic energy and jobs act along with 30 sponsors on the legislation. it's a comprehensive plan for energy security for our country. when i say "energy security," what i mean is producing more energy than we scie consume, geg our nation to energy security by not only producing enough energy for our n
hoeven: i would like to thank the good senator from connecticut. i'm here to speak but certainly want to accommodate schedules. mr. lieberman: no, we would, in the order of the senate and fairness, we would yield to my friend from north dakota. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i rise to speak as if in morning business on the subject of energy rather than cyber. i want to commend my colleagues for their excellent work on cyber and i look forward...